Mitchell County Genealogy
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Mitchell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 15,687. Its county seat is Bakersville[1]. Mitchell County was one of the three dry counties in North Carolina, along with Graham and Yancey, but in March, 2009, after much controversy, the Town of Spruce Pine approved beer, wine, and ABC store sales.
The county was formed in 1861 from parts of Burke County, Caldwell County, McDowell County, Watauga County, and Yancey County. It was named for Elisha Mitchell, professor of mathematics, chemistry, geology, and mineralogy at the University of North Carolina from 1818 until his death in 1857. Dr. Mitchell was the first scientist to argue that a nearby peak in the Black Mountains was the highest point east of the Mississippi River. He measured the mountain’s height and climbed and explored it. In 1857 he fell to his death on a waterfall on the side of the mountain. The mountain was subsequently named Mount Mitchell in his honor.
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Mitchell County Genealogy Resources
Mitchell County NCGenWeb Archives
Mitchell County Historical Society
P.O. Box 651
Bakersville, NC 28705
Toe Valley Genealogical Society
491 Beaver Creek Road
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
(covers Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties)
Mitchell County Government
Official Mitchell County site
Mitchell County Government Site
Census
1870 Agricultural Census Transcription
1880 Agricultural Census Transcription
1890 Special Census Transcription
1900 Federal Census Transcription – Red Hill Township
Mitchell County Cemeteries
USGS Listing of Cemeteries in Mitchell County, NC
Mitchell County Cemetery Transcriptions
Query Forums
Mitchell County, NC Query Forum
Latest North Carolina Genealogy Query posts for Mitchell County from the Forum:
North Carolina Genealogy Forum: Forum: Mitchell County NC Genealogy Queries – Recent Topics
fsadkins on “Wilson Adkins and Elizabeth Stacia Hill”
My great great grandfather, Wilson Adkins, was born in Burke Co, now Mitchell Co, NC 1816 or 1817. He married Elizabeth Stacia (Stacie) Hill in Ramseytown, NC in 1835. I’m trying to locate information about her – parents, birth, and their marriage record. Any assistance or suggestions would be appreciated.
rodney bowers on “william hannah/hanna”
pegharris on “William Hugh Harris birthplace”
In all my searching I have been told William Hugh Harris was born in North Carolina in 1851 but cannot verify this.
His wife Deborah Edwards was also said to be born in North Carolina in 1852.
Any help in finding these people in Mitchell County records would be very appreciated.
If someone can tell me a reference point I need to look in would be great.
abrams437 on “McKinney Family”
I am looking for McKinney family genealogy, specifically for information on James McKinney (b. 1853) who settled in Cane River, Yancey County. He married Sarah Jane Gibbs (possibly Cherokee) and died in Yancey County in 1912. His daughter, Maude, (1889) married my great grandfather, George Yancey Hall who was from Spruce Pine. I am also trying to find out if the McKinneys were somehow related to Scotty Wiseman as Scotty and Lula Belle would come to my great grandfather’s place and pick and sing all day long when in from Chicago and after they retired (George Yancey was a banjo picker of some local fame). I do not think Wiseman was related to the Hall side but he could have known my ggfather from their Spruce Pine days.
Mitchell County, NC at Genforum
Cities and Towns in Mitchell County:
* Bakersville
* Spruce Pine
News related to Mitchell County, NC
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3 Charged In Mitchell County Meth Bust – WLOS
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3 Charged In Mitchell County Meth Bust
WLOS Deputies in Mitchell County arrest three people in a meth lab bust. They say Jeremy Burleson, Troy McRath and Scott Russell were operating a "Shake & Bake" procedure to cook meth in a home on Greasy Creek Road in Buladean. Deputies say there were also … |
Equality NC kicks off “race to the ballot” – Mountain Xpress
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Equality NC kicks off "race to the ballot"
Mountain Xpress Equality NC will also head to Mitchell County for a town hall event on Jan. 30 in conjunction with the newly-formed Gay Straight Alliance. One focus of the campaign, Jones says, will be on "how the harms of this amendment are so far-reaching: it hits … |
Biographer details Garland’s complexities – Mason City Globe Gazette
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Biographer details Garland's complexities
Mason City Globe Gazette Newlin, a professor of English at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, spoke before a group of about 50 at the Cedar River Complex, a guest of the Mitchell County Historical Society. It marked a return visit for Newlin who has previously … |
Biographer talks about Garland’s complexities – Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
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Biographer talks about Garland's complexities
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier Newlin is an English professor at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and visited the Cedar River Complex in Osage as a guest of the Mitchell County Historical Society. Newlin previously traveled in the area researching Garland, who spent his … |
House race shapes up following news of Haire’s retirement – Waynesville Smoky Mountain News
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House race shapes up following news of Haire's retirement
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News Two well-known Waynesville men are vying for the seat soon to be vacated by long-time NC Rep. Phil Haire, D-Sylva. Joe Sam Queen, an architect by trade, and Danny Davis, a former District Court judge, both formally announced their candidacies this week … |
LGBT advocates are ‘on the road’ for equality – QNotes
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LGBT advocates are 'on the road' for equality
QNotes by Matt Comer | Editor | editor@goqnotes.com RALEIGH, NC â Organizers of the effort to defeat North Carolina's proposed anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment officially kicked off their campaign this week at a press event at the North Carolina … |
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